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6 o4 g' N2 `5 {0 J- ]0 t, F- ]; g8 oBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
5 V5 s& d/ ]3 d2 c6 @$ Yexpect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
; `0 y4 u* z9 ^" p6 P& Ecompanies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
5 I# y% v" T) x! @these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
5 z, h( V7 B( p' z. G5 P/ J5 Ocrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
6 c. \) e3 w- p3 P& V% HEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils 6 Z! ]1 H4 e% ~4 J5 t- k* n1 `$ o
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few . w) o, N( ]: Q* D% Z8 k1 M6 o- y
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
' ^' o4 G  Z$ c5 zA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at 8 i" J( \0 w: R" G$ p8 N
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. " R1 N- E+ T, O7 T# X+ k* v
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: B  u9 y& d4 C1 c; J; ]There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face 3 N1 T( o) @# g
of so much news. These reasons are: & O6 x" }7 M' s$ }! K

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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and : @; ]% B, p, K  P; e
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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  K8 X+ ~% l- m' y9 W: T/ \3 ~5 \  t2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. * ~6 s& r5 L* j; b
This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
, Q6 b! g0 n7 Z6 ]being used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
. x3 L' C, Z4 i( Q9 c6 l, @7 Rfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
% t+ H& R% k" }% opotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
$ H  E! L! ]# q1 }9 N' @racing to produce bio fuels.
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# {3 Q5 V5 H' j  x/ v1 ~5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants
2 B- Q" X" v2 _. }4 aare now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, 8 \5 |/ h& P2 C/ G7 ^
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
) z/ X1 v  {, @  Ato bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
0 L7 }% V0 P- g: Dproducing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat. + H1 o" Y1 ~: `# Y( F4 d

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( d: \& F. K% t, J$ [$ A6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and ) |+ M5 G0 a' M) k; f
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
! C3 B6 ^8 A% Y. l; kexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce
9 v8 b9 h: U9 wwill replace oil.
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" O  n3 i8 I$ E9 {% w& g7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
" U5 h+ D5 ]3 }" J& a$ H2 y$ Bolder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc. 1 K% _/ Z8 b: \
with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies
& c% K2 i3 i! @$ h0 U7 pare experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new ' [+ [5 B# l' U1 a& G( o- M6 r7 z
equipment.
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* K. @$ U, E; ]) a$ j7 E0 fAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
! s, l7 Q. ^* n8 s& _6 D# j* ifuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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1 T5 q# D0 Z7 Z/ O, l8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
3 l& i# A, v6 \5 d9 @capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
, a0 y6 Q: |/ v% M& o# h+ W/ `# F  ?available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude 9 I  u0 q" I& c5 J  y8 e( T
oil. % b6 j4 W" V( K2 H1 h3 y" B* n) m

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# P, T% ]8 r% ]# R0 K4 \9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 3 U* m- R: J8 j, ^
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
# M# x* I! O. ]# Toil wells.
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! b. R& S+ m* {) V8 K; M10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy / x/ y' X0 L8 @0 {0 u6 X/ p
source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the 5 Q. e, r( P. s% M  R5 e( |
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world 2 g: r9 i' \0 f5 N
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability 0 f  t' Q7 m7 `0 ]' v) E
to control oil prices.
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- }( i9 S* m  mWith the above scenario, I still believe that there are under 1 E: f: l$ ?8 ]1 {$ x. j' v0 |( b
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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, U( p. G6 S, g1 b' UIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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2 z  n- i# j8 z2 CThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN . y6 J! W  s9 `- V! Q
2009 ... FYI-Only
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